The Daily Fly Report
During the Korean War a friend of mine was an enlisted man stationed at a remote US Air Force base.
It was the middle of winter and life was very boring. Soviet bombers were not destroying US cities.
As George sat staring at an empty RADAR screen he noticed a fly on the window on the other side of the room. Any movement, on the RADAR screen or on the window was cause for immediate response.
On closer observation he counted a total of 5 flies, 4 having missed the original detection because they were stationary.
George, out of boredom, wrote a formal memo entitled, “The Daily Fly Count in the Status Room” and circulated it throughout the base as any other official US Government Document.
After about a week that too became boring so he discontinued the report.
Several days later he received a Letter of Reprimand from one of the base officers as to why he had not received the Daily Fly Report as expected.
What made me think of Georges’ story from so long ago was when I woke up this morning I wondered who reads my blogs and why. What would happen if I suddenly became bored and stopped writing? Would anyone care? Would I get nasty notes?
I’m not willing to risk that so keep checking to see what “pearl of wisdom” will drop out of the shells.
Thanks for reading.
I like reading blogs like this because in the real world, you rarely meet intellectual people who have an educated opinion about world or science matters. The internet is nearly my only way of having a meaningful intellectual discussion among friends.
Great post! It can be applied to any aspect in life… are we making a difference? Even to one person? Are we contributing to society? To the collective consciousness?
A very amusing story, I think it shows what could happen in great organisation. Don’t stop writing. Your readers would miss you.